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Recordings featuring traditional Japanese instruments.

Album CoverMedia TitleMedia TypeArtistMedia LabelCatalog NumberDateSynopsis
Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 CD
Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Tokyo, Japan VICG-40015 1991
Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 CD
Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Tokyo, Japan VICG-40016 1991
Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 CD
Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Tokyo, Japan VICG-40017 1991
Famous Tozan Ryu Pieces Famous Tozan Ryu Pieces CD Hoshida Ichizan I Victor VZCG-22 1997/04/09
His Practical Philosophy - 2 His Practical Philosophy - 2 LP Watazumi Doso Roshi Columbia ZX-7017-N

Holy Flute Holy Flute
Boots, Cornelius Shinzen

2017 Hard rock and sacred nature music are brought together in the voice of the solo flute: the Japanese Zen shakuhachi. This bamboo flute is known for being evocative and provocative, ethereal, and very difficult to play. The breadth of its breath-powered musicality is brought to you in Holy Flute. This album combines the energy and structure of carefully chosen rock songs--originals and covers--with the inspiring, one-of-a-kind sounds of the shakuhachi.
Illuminated From Within Illuminated From Within CD Harazda, Chris Satori SAT CD01 1996 Large shakuhachi called hotchiku (52 to 100 cm long) played in the context of the Tibetan Mahamudra tradition celebrating the natural radiance of mind.
Japan - Shakuhachi and Koto Japan - Shakuhachi and Koto CD Kariya Sōzan Chiaki Productions Sunset France (Playasound) SA 141056 2000
Kangetsu Kangetsu LP Yamamoto Hōzan RCA JRZ-2575 1978
Kangetsu (Disk 2) Kangetsu (Disk 2) LP Yamamoto Hōzan RCA JRZ-2576 1978
Music for Zen Meditation - 2 Music for Zen Meditation - 2 CD Lee, Riley Kōho Narada Productions 72435-81606-2-8 2003
Music for Zen Meditation - Shakuhachi Japanese Flute Music for Zen Meditation - Shakuhachi Japanese Flute CD Rodriguez, Rodrigo B.M. Records
2015 Shakuhachi flute music has deep spiritual roots, back to the Komuso Monks in the Edo Period. The Shakuhachi flute expresses a deep kind of music that can only be heard when our mind is calm, we open our hearts, and walked with silence. The repertoire of the master Rodrigo Rodriguez has a broad musical knowledge of ancient and anonymous pieces, which were once sacred musical works.Rodrigo Rodriguez is the recipient of the most revered traditional shakuhachi lineages in Japan , recognized student of the shakuhachi master Kohachiro Miyata , linked to the lineage Mu-ryū. Across the white slopes of the highest mountains of Japan, derives the sweet sound of flutes. The passionate call of the deer calls us the " wilderness " which has been a haven of spirit for many centuries.
Shakuhachi Suiso Shakuhachi Suiso CD Furuya Teruo Nippon Columbia BCD-003
Shakuhachi Honkyoku and modern pieces from the 1920's to the 1970's.
Tozan Ryu - Shakuhachi Dai Zen Shu - Vol 1 Tozan Ryu - Shakuhachi Dai Zen Shu - Vol 1 LP Shimabara Hanzan Victor SJL-154 1978
Tozan Ryu - Shakuhachi Honkyoku Tozan Ryu - Shakuhachi Honkyoku LP Various King Record Co., Ltd KHA-86 1977
Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi - Honkyoku Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi - Honkyoku LP Shimabara Hanzan Columbia CL-108 1964
Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku LP Kitahara Kōzan II King Record Co., Ltd SKK5025 1967
Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Vol 1 Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Vol 1 LP Hoshida Ichizan I Toshiba TH-9040

Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Vol 2 Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku - Vol 2 LP Hoshida Ichizan I Toshiba TH-9041

Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shu - Vol 1 Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shu - Vol 1 LP Hoshida Ichizan I Victor SJL-2101

Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shu - Vol 2 Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shu - Vol 2 LP Hoshida Ichizan I Victor SJL-2102

Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shusei - Vol 1 Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shusei - Vol 1 LP Ikeda Seizan II Victor SJL-198 1979
Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Solos Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Solos LP Shimabara Hanzan Columbia CL-105 1963
Tozan-Ryū Shakuhachi Honkyoku Tozan-Ryū Shakuhachi Honkyoku LP Kitahara Kōzan II Nippon Columbia CLS-72 1965
Watazumido Watazumido LP Watazumi Doso Roshi Sony 25AG 406 1978
Watching the Waves Watching the Waves AC Blasdel, Christopher Yohmei


Shakuhachi accompanies poetry with traditional Japanese and zen Buddhist themes. Classical and modern poems with honkyoku.
Zen Spirit Zen Spirit CD Tani Senzan Oasis WMSCD102 1988/8/21 Solo shakuhachi playing Uyeda Ryu compositions.

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